Following wins over teams from the Hunter River DGA back in July – The NDGA teams in the JNJG State Junior Pennant and JNJG Encourage Shield traveled
to Wyong GC on Saturday November 10 to play teams from Toukley GC in the next round.
The NDGA Junior pennant team consisted of – Brayden Brooks, Max Duffy-Smith, Jesse Fittler Oscar Gilson, Hamish Ellison and Brij Ingrey.
Despite playing well the NDGA team were well beaten by the well-drilled outfit from Toukley – with Toukley running out 6-0 winners.
The NDGA’s Encourage Team consisted of Jaxon Brook, Brock Best, Noah Lilley, Amy Squires, Ryan Dundas and Zac Rimmer.
Our young team – playing together for the first time – had a close win by 3.5 to 2.5 over the team from Toukley GC – and move on to the next round against
the team from Mudgee GC
This is scheduled to be held on Sunday, December 2 at Shelley Beach GC. The winners of this match will go through to the Semi-finals and Finals
at Newcastle Gc in mid-January.
All of these Juniors are wonderful representatives of Newcastle District – their behavior was exemplary regardless of whether they won or lost their
matches.